Motorola Expected to Drop More Jobs as it Makes Room For Android

The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Sanjay Jha, who formerly worked as a Qualcomm executive and currently cuts his checks as the co-CEO of Motorola, is about to cut jobs in an effort to keep the mobile division above water. This comes as no surprise, as Jha recently told employees that Motorola had two-to-three times the number of employees in their employ than competitors. Cuts will probably number in the "thousands", and could happen as early as Thursday so says the WSJ.

The company has already dropped 10,000 jobs since 2007. In addition to job cuts, Jha says he plans to discontinue plans on production of "dozens of phone designs." Motorola will also be scaling back it’s mobile-OS inventory from about seven to just three: Android for multi-media and Internet showcase phones, Windows Mobile business devices, and its own P2K for low-end phones.

Sanjay will be given $100 million dollars and 3 percent stock if he manages to turn a profit on the mobile phone division by late 2010. If he doesn’t? Jha will receive a paltry $30 million. Boo hoo.